Visakhapatnam: The Central Investigation Agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made another arrest in Delhi's famous liquor scam. ED has arrested Magunta Raghav, son of YSRCP MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy in Andhra Pradesh. Earlier, the investigating agency had arrested Rajesh Joshi of Chariot Advertising from Hyderabad itself. On February 9, ED arrested Chariot Advertising's owner Rajesh Joshi from Hyderabad in Delhi's liquor scam case.
According to the information, he was arrested on charges of money laundering during the Goa elections. Before Rajesh Joshi, Gautam Malhotra, son of former Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA Deep Malhotra, was arrested. Rajesh Joshi is alleged to have allegedly received Rs 30 crore through accused Dinesh Arora through his advertising company Rath Ads for the Goa elections. Dinesh Arora was working closely with AAP's Vijay Nair. ED has found that this Rs 30 crore was made illegally when the new excise policy was brought by AAP in Delhi.
The ED has written in the Delhi Liquor Scam chargesheet that the investigation so far in the case has revealed that part of these funds was used in the election campaign of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Goa Assembly Elections 2022. The probe agency further said that Rs 70 lakh was paid in cash to the volunteers who were part of the survey teams. Accused Vijay Nair himself had asked some persons involved in campaign-related work to receive payment in cash.
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